Walter Stephens

On September 20, 1587, Walpurga Hausmännin of Dillingen in southern Germany was burned at the stake as a witch. Although she had confessed to committing a long list of maleficia (deeds of harmful magic), including killing forty-one infants and two mothers in labour, her evil career allegedly began with just one heinous act—sex with a demon. Fornication with demons was...